W. Basketball

Knights Falter Against Union

Dec 11, 2009

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. The Southern Virginia Women's Basketball team
could not stop a strong first half from hosts Union, and eventually
lost 83-53. The Knights fell behind early as they went in to the
locker at half behind 46-20. The Knights were only able to shoot
7-for-16 from the field, and had only one three-point attempt in
the first half. SVU was only able to get to the free-throw line
thirteen times, and converted on six of those opportunities.

"Union is a team that is in the top-35 of the NAIA," said Head
Coach Mike Harmon. "They have a deep squad, and they have
upperclassmen leadership. It was going to be a challenge to start,
but we hurt ourselves with inconsistent shooting. We need to find a
way to shoot well from beyond the arc."

SVU was unable to hit a shot from behind the three-point arc,
while Union went 13-for-36 from three-point range. A high point for
the Knights was the strong performance from the team on the glass
as the team out-rebounded Union 39-27. Amanda Prestwich was the
leading scorer for the Knights with 13-points, and also led the
team with 8-rebounds.

SVU shot 51% from the field, and 55% from the free-throw line,
but could not keep the turnover bug away as they surrendered the
ball to Union 41 times.

The Knights are now 4-6 on the season. They return to action
Dec. 12 when they take on Shawnee State University of Ohio. The
game will be the second game of the Saturday lineup in the UC Lady
Bulldog Baymont Inn Classic. Shawnee State currently sits at 5th
place in the NAIA D.II National Rankings. Tip-off is scheduled for
2:00.